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Watauga County Schools

A public school district in Boone, North Carolina, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

4,658
Students enrolled
335
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,003
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 4,658 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 2,058th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 66th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 88% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,003 in fiscal year 2023
More than 25% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Watauga County Schools spent $13,322 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,798 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Watauga County Schools spent $13,322 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,798 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$13,322$63.2 million4,746
FY2023$13,003$61.8 million4,754
FY2022$12,698$59.3 million4,673
FY2021$11,376$51.9 million4,563
FY2020$10,653$50.7 million4,756
FY2019$10,552$49.7 million4,708
FY2018$10,026$46.4 million4,631
FY2017$10,129$45.5 million4,495
FY2016$9,820$43.2 million4,402
FY2015$9,957$43.9 million4,406
FY2014$9,817$42.5 million4,325
FY2013$9,284$42.2 million4,550
FY2012$8,814$40.4 million4,588
FY2011$9,111$41.1 million4,508
FY2010$9,607$43.3 million4,502
FY2009$9,690$44.8 million4,622
FY2008$9,140$40.8 million4,469
FY2007$10,175$39.5 million3,879
FY2006$8,266$37.2 million4,496
FY2005$7,798$35.5 million4,556

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Watauga County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$8.9 million13.9%
State$36.4 million56.9%
Local$18.7 million29.2%
Total$64.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

11 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Watauga County Schools
SchoolStudents
Bethel Elementary128
Blowing Rock Elementary409
Cove Creek Elementary289
Green Valley Elementary292
Hardin Park Elementary854
Mabel Elementary140
Parkway Elementary610
Valle Crucis Elementary345
Watauga High1,289
Watauga Innovation Academy292
Watauga Virtual Academy10

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3704830

Elsewhere

Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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